I’ll tumblr 4 ya @ronniefauss #now? (Taken with instagram)
"Female authority is still associated with childhood, and the last time a lot of powerful guys saw a powerful woman they were eight, and they feel regressed to childhood by a powerful woman in a way that they don’t feel with a man."
— Gloria Steinem, on why there aren’t more women in power. (via cheatsheet)
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The sunset casting a pink hue on Dallas. What a great day. Thank Jesus for this mild winter. La vie en rose. (Taken with instagram)
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Mardi Gras Santa.
Float on aka Radio Silent #30by30
Happy Monday. Bits and pieces of the 30 by 30 goals are trudging along, though I’ve obviously not done a great job at keeping y’all up to date.
HOWEVER, I did just book THIS mess. Insanity will ensue. My dear friend Crystal, who I’ve actually never met, is doing this with me. Except she’ll be in Portland and I, of course will be in the D.
I have no idea what I’m getting myself into, a statement I’ve uttered more times than I like to admit.
I actually want your opinion
Check out my Pinterest board.
This is where I’ll be aggregating ideas for the piece of furniture I’ll be building for my #30by30 list. I’d love your feedback. And boys, get ready for me to borrow some TOOLS. Sidebar: I used to keep a handsaw in the trunk of my Buick Skylark. That’s weird right. Wonder where that saw went…
#30by30: Microfinancing
I don’t know much about finances, micro or otherwise. Nonetheless, for years I’ve “been meaning to” set up a mircoloan with Kiva.org. Today I made my first loan. I decide to just start with a $25 loan. Being sometimes indecisive, I was worried I wouldn’t be sure how to chose. After reading up on the Kiva system a bit, I opted to filter my search down to loans that were related to women and producing/providing food. This is the loan I chose. http://kiva.org/invitedby/kerri7495
If you’re not familiar with Kiva, it’s one of many organizations that provide small crowd sourced (the crowd ultimately being you and me - get it?) loans to entrepreneurs around the globe who don’t have access to traditional banking systems.
We believe providing safe, affordable access to capital to those in need helps people create better lives for themselves and their families.” <——click it up to read all about it
As the borrower pays back the loan, your donation goes back into your account, and you can redistribute it to other loans recipients.
I plan on contributing a little bit each month. And I encourage you to at least give once. IF YOU WANT, it can be your birthday present to me. Besides, it’s probably cheaper than anything on my list (wink wink nudge nudge).
AIGHT Y’ALL! As our friend @UncleRUSH says “wake dat ass up and get that ass to giving”
FURTHERMORE, in the timeless words of Spike Lee “DO THE RIGHT THING”.
#enough
Quick #30by30 Update: Running
I’m already learning a lot from my #30by30 list, and the main thing that I’ve learned is that I’m dumb. This is a lot of shiz to get done in 3 months. But alas, we shall do what we can.
I’ve also learned, it’s exhilarating and anxiety producing to take on this challenge. Thanks to my friend @yourhero for accidentally reminding me that I don’t really have to do it all by April 21st, but I can make it a goal for my 30th year. I’ll still do what I can before the 30th, but, let’s be REAL Y’ALL.
The other thing that became abundantly clear is that running 30 miles a week is a lot of running.
Now, I live in the hood, Deep Ellum to be exact. Not quite as hood rat-filled as it used to be. “Ideally, I’d run in the morning. But 5am in DE means I face empty streets except for an obstacle course of the bodies of passed out homeless men. This is probably not the SAFEST bet for this white girl. PLUS WHICH I am no morning person, y’all know this. So I have to run after work. After my 12 hour work day - I’m not pretending that I work a full 12 hours each day, but between getting ready, commuting to and from, lunch and whatnot, about 12 of my daytime hours (6am - 6pm) are consumed by work related tasks and can’t be used for much else* - anyway, after all that, I pretty much have to run first thing when I get home. This takes me between an hour and 2 hours, depending on the distance I have slated for that day. Which means, at best I’m done with work + running by about 730.
Here’s my running schedule, it seems to be working ok. Runners out there, any thoughts?
Monday - 7 miles
Tuesday - 4 miles
Wednesday - 7 miles
Thursday - 3 miles
Saturday - 9 miles
*Please don’t infer that I’m in anyway humble bragging or complaining by talking about my LONG work day, just stating the facts. If you work more than 12 hours a day, I’m sorry, or you win, whichever you prefer. But really, I’m sorry.
